Intraparenchymal schwannoma
Diagnosis almost certain
Updates to Case Attributes
Presentation
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Known case of NF-2 presented with progressive ataxia and slurred speech.
Body
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Histopathology of the tumor revealing spindle cells with nuclear palisading and IHC positive for S-100, consistent with an intraparenchymal schwannoma.
-<p>Histopathology of the tumor revealing spindle cells with nuclear palisading and IHC positive for S-100, consistent with intraparenchymal schwannoma.</p>- +<p>Histopathology of the tumor revealing spindle cells with nuclear palisading and IHC positive for S-100, consistent with an intraparenchymal schwannoma.</p>
Diagnostic Certainty
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Systems changed:
- Paediatrics
Updates to Study Attributes
Findings
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MRI showing intra-axial brainstem mass lesion hypointense on T1-WI, hyperintense on T2-WI and FLAIR sequences, with mild expansion and without edema on cronalcoronal and sagittal planes. Axial images dontdon't cover the pathology.
There is an intramedullary similar lesion in the cervical cord.
UBO at bifrontal lobes are seen.